The Mexican government plans to use the ancient Mayan civilization's prediction of the end of the world in 2012 to boost inbound tourism, Mexican Tourism Minister Gloria Guevara said Friday. The minister emphasized that there is now great interest in the events that the world community expects on December 21, 2012, when the Mayans predicted the end of the world.

Siberian scientists turned to the country's legislative power to impose a moratorium on federal law No. 94 on public procurement for all budgetary organizations of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RAMS, RECH, as well as federal and research universities. The appeal on this occasion was sent by the Presidium of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences to the State Duma chairman Boris Gryzlov and the chairman of the Federation Council Sergei Mironov.

The Krasnodar football club Kuban will soon pay Montenegrins Nicola Nikezich 256 thousand dollars. This was reported by Sport-Express . Also, one participant in the conflict, who complained of pressure in the club, Sretenovich Sretenovich will sign an agreement with Kuban, which will indicate that the parties do not have complaints about each other. The fate of the Kuban coach Nikolai Khlystunov and sports director Sergei Dorongchenko remains in the question.

Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine Renat Kuzmin confirmed the initiation of a criminal case against Leonid Kuchma. The question is simple: what would it mean? First facts. At a briefing, Kuzmin said: "I confirm. A criminal case has been instituted against Kuchma.

Vladimir Putin said that his assessment of the situation in Libya is similar to the opinion of President Dmitry Medvedev. At the same time, the Prime Minister emphasized that priority in determining the foreign policy of Russia belongs to the president, reports on Tuesday, March 22, ITAR-TASS . Putin advised everyone involved in the Libyan conflict to think about victims and pray for the salvation of his soul.

During the public conversation “from the first person” organized by Polit.ru, Nikita Mikhalkov said that he did not have a single guard. So he answered the question of the host of Tatyana Malkina, who asked why he was guarded so much. According to her, at the entrance to the museum there were a framework of metal detectors and were on duty several dozen employees of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate. “I have no guards. Maybe this is guarded by you or other people, ”the director said.

President of the Russian Football Union Sergei Fursenko was elected to the UEFA Executive Committee. According to the press service of the RFU , Fursenko was elected in the first round by the absolute majority of votes, like Angel Maria Villar Lona (Spain), Senesh Erzik (Turkey), Peter Giyeron (Switzerland), Grigory Surkis (Ukraine), Borislav Mikhailov (Bulgaria).

In 2012, Nikita Mikhalkov would support Vladimir Putin if he and Dmitry Medvedev claimed the presidency. He stated this during the public conversation “from the first person” organized by Polit.ru ,. Mikhalkov said that the creative for the country is "enlightened conservatism." “I am for modernization, but when I don’t hear a single word about peasants in the president’s message ... This is a very dangerous thing for Russia,” Mikhalkov said.

The head of the Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee (SK) Sergey Markelov leaves his post. According to Kommersant , the department is not satisfied with his work and therefore offered to look for a new place. The sources of the newspaper in the UK said that Mareklov had hard accepted this information and took the sick leave. At the same time, he did not even seal his office - for him he had to do this to the commandant's service.

Andrey Levkin Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine Renat Kuzmin confirmed the initiation of a criminal case against Leonid Kuchma. The question is simple: what would it mean? First facts. At a briefing, Kuzmin said: "I confirm. A criminal case has been instituted against Kuchma.

Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika appointed Anatoly Samoilov by the prosecutor of the Kushchevsky district of the Krasnodar Territory. Samoilov, born in 1963, since July 2008, was the deputy prosecutor of the Pavlovsky district, and since March 2010-the prosecutor of the Starominsky district. The former district prosecutor Andrei Tanchik, who did not work in the department and for six months, was removed from his post in December 2010, after the massacre in the village of Kushchevskaya.

The Museum of Russian Icon in the American city of Clinton (Massachusetts) will not return the icon ahead of schedule from the exhibition from the Moscow Museum of Rublev, contrary to the demand of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, RIA Novosti reports. The exposition of 37 icons was supposed to last until July 25, but, presumably, due to disputes around the Schneerson library, it was decided to close it ahead of schedule.

The Gagarinsky Court of Moscow received for proceedings the claim of Rosevrobank against the former football player of the Moscow Spartak and the Russian national team Dmitry Alenichev. As the RAPSI agency reports , the bank is demanding from Alenichev a debt under a loan agreement in the amount of 13 million 857 thousand 349 rubles. For what exact purpose the defendants took the sum of money is not specified.

The wife of President Guatemala, Sandra Torres, filed for a divorce to participate in the next presidential election, reports Europa Press . According to the Constitution of the country, the closest relatives of the head of state are prohibited to nominate their candidacy in the presidential election. The Gvatemalas confirmed that President Alvaro Kola and his wife submitted an application for a divorce “by mutual agreement” on March 11.

The participants of the gambling scandal in the suburbs - the heads of the regional prosecutor’s office - gradually returning to work - are gradually returning to work. In particular, we are talking about the prosecutor of the Moscow Region Alexander Mokhov. There were no significant violations in the activities of the security forces who appeared in the "gambling".